Us Department Of Justice
Events (787)
- January 20, 2009: Fired US Attorney to Help Prosecute Guantanamo Detainees 2009-01-20
- January 21, 2009: Waterboarding Is Torture, Says Former Deputy Secretary of State; ‘I’m Ashamed That We’re Even Having This Discussion’ 2009-01-21
- January 22, 2009: Supreme Court Delays Al-Marri Prosecution 2009-01-22
- January 22, 2009: Law Professor Recommends Legislation to Prohibit Guantanamo from Use as Detention Facility Forever 2009-01-22
- January 22, 2009: Obama’s Choice for Justice Department a Critic of Bush Wiretapping Program 2009-01-22
- January 22, 2009: Obama Bans Torture, Nullifies Bush Legal Opinions on Interrogations 2009-01-22
- January 26, 2009: Gonzales Says He Did Nothing Wrong as Attorney General, Blames Subordinates for ‘Lapses’ 2009-01-26
- January 26, 2009: Halliburton Agrees to Pay $559 Million Fine for Bribing Nigerian Officials 2009-01-26
- Shortly Before January 29, 2009: Padilla Sues Rumsfeld, Other Bush Administration Figures for Illegal Detention 2009-01-29
- January 29, 2009: Military Judge Refuses to Suspend Legal Proceedings against Detainee 2009-01-29
- January 30, 2009: Padilla Attorneys Say High-Level Bush Officials Countenanced Client’s Torture in US Naval Brig 2009-01-30
- February 2, 2009: Attorney General Nominee Says He Will Review Bush Uses of ‘State Secrets’ Privilege, Curtail Use in Obama Administration 2009-02-02
- February 9, 2009: Obama Justice Department Continues to Assert State Secrets Privilege in Detainee Lawsuit 2009-02-09
- February 14, 2009: Justice Department Considers Releasing Internal Report Critical of Bush-Era Lawyers 2009-02-14
- February 22, 2009: Justice Department Investigation Finds OLC Opinions Unacceptably Deficient 2009-02-22
- February 27, 2009: ’Enemy Combatant’ Charged with Criminal Terrorism 2009-02-27
- February 27, 2009: Appeals Court Rejects ‘State Secrets’ Argument in Wiretapping Case 2009-02-27
- March 2, 2009: ACLU Welcomes Release of Bush Torture Documents, Says More Should be Released 2009-03-02
- March 2, 2009: Justice Department Releases Bush-Era Memos Claiming Extraconstitutional Powers for President 2009-03-02
- March 2, 2009: CIA Admits to Destroying 92 Videotapes of Interrogations 2009-03-02
- March 2, 2009: Bush Became ‘Close to Unconstitutional Dictator,’ Says Former White House Counsel 2009-03-02
- March 2, 2009: Justice Department Refuses to Comply with Order to Turn over Evidence in Wiretapping Suit 2009-03-02
- March 3, 2009: Law Expert: Memos Prove US a ‘Dictatorship’ for Last Seven Years of Bush Presidency 2009-03-03
- March 4, 2009: Law Experts ‘Stunned’ by Bush-Era Justice Department Memos 2009-03-04
- March 4, 2009: Former Reagan Official: Bush Administration’s Actions during ‘War on Terror’ ‘Exemplary’ 2009-03-04
- March 15, 2009: Supreme Court Hears ‘Citizens United’ Campaign Finance Case, Initial Arguments Presented 2009-03-15
- March 17, 2009 and After: Republicans Fighting to Block Obama’s Choice to Head Justice’s OLC 2009-03-17
- March 18, 2009 and After: Justice Department Argues for Release of Torture Memos; Current and Former CIA Officials Object 2009-03-18
- March 29, 2009: Zubaida’s Torture Provided No Useful Information, Senior Government Officials Say 2009-03-29
- April 15, 2009: President Obama Chooses to Release Torture Memos; Advisers Deeply Divided 2009-04-15
- April 16, 2009: ACLU Demands Criminal Investigation of Bush Administration Officials for Torture Policies 2009-04-16
- April 16, 2009: Blogger Comes Up with Footnote Showing 2005 Memo Proves Interrogators Exceeded Guidelines on Waterboarding 2009-04-16
- April 16, 2009: White House, CIA Director Promise No Prosecution of CIA Employees Who Followed Bush-Era Legal Guidelines 2009-04-16
- April 16, 2009: Obama White House Releases Key CIA Torture Memos 2009-04-16
- April 16, 2009: Law Professor Slams Obama for Not Promising to Prosecute Bush Officials Who Sanctioned Torture 2009-04-16
- April 18, 2009: Doctors, Medical Ethicists Horrified at News of Medical Professionals’ Participation in Torture 2009-04-18
- April 21, 2009: Guantanamo Detainee Alleges Torture Months before August 2002 Authorizations 2009-04-21
- April 21, 2009: Democrats Say They Want to Impeach Judge Who Wrote Torture Memos 2009-04-21
- April 21, 2009: Senate Intelligence Committee Report Shows Cheney, Rice Authorized Torture 2009-04-21
- April 21, 2009: Scientists Repudiate Use of Sleep Research in Justice Department’s Torture Memos 2009-04-21
- April 22, 2009: Cheney Requests Release of Classified CIA Memos that He Claims Prove Torture Works 2009-04-22
- Before April 22, 2009: Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility Launches Probe of Bush Torture Memo Authors 2009-04-22
- April 22, 2009: Former FBI Interrogator Says Premises behind Torture are False 2009-04-22
- April 25, 2009: Torture Memo Author Said to Regret Role in Torture Policies 2009-04-25
- April 25, 2009: New York Times Uses Term ‘Brutal,’ Refuses to Use ‘Torture’ in Reporting 2009-04-25
- April 26, 2009: CIA Never Conducted Assessment of Effectiveness of Torture Techniques, Press Learns 2009-04-26
- April 28, 2009: Former OLC Head Defends Work on Torture Memos as ‘Good Faith Analysis’ of Law 2009-04-28
- April 28, 2009: Justice Department Official: Principled Legal Framework Essential for Combating Terrorism 2009-04-28
- April 28, 2009: Rice: Bush Made Torture Legal Simply by Declaring It So 2009-04-28
- April 30, 2009: Accused Al-Qaeda Sleeper Agent Pleads Guilty to Supporting Terrorism 2009-04-30